Rotate or flip a video

Fix a video that came out sideways or upside down, or flip a mirrored selfie. The new copy is made on your own device.

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How to rotate a sideways video

STEP 1

Add the video

It plays in a preview so you can see which way it is facing now.

STEP 2

Choose what to do

Turn it a quarter either way, turn it upside down, or mirror it left to right or top to bottom.

STEP 3

Make the new copy

The video is encoded again as an MP4 with the new direction built in.

Why videos end up sideways

A phone often records the picture in its natural landscape shape and adds a small note saying which way up it should be shown. Some players and websites ignore that note, so the same file looks right in one place and sideways in another.

Turning it here changes the picture itself, so it looks the same everywhere. That means the video has to be encoded again, which takes a while in the browser and costs a very small amount of quality, so the original is worth keeping.

Mirroring is useful for front camera videos, where text and signs come out back to front. Flipping left to right puts them the right way round.

Questions

Is my file uploaded anywhere?

No. The work happens inside this tab, on your own machine. Open your browser's network tab while you use the tool, there is no request carrying your file.

Is there a file size limit?

None set by us. Very large files are limited only by your device's memory, and we warn you before that becomes a problem.

Do I need an account?

No, and there is no daily limit either. There is nothing to sign up for.

Does it keep the sound?

Yes. The sound is carried over to the new copy.

Why not just rotate it in my video player?

That only changes how that one player shows it. This changes the video itself, so it looks right wherever you send it.

Does it lower the quality?

Very slightly, because the video is encoded again at a high setting.

Next, you might want to

Trim videoCut a clip, fast or frame-exactCompress videoGet under a size limit, stay watchableConvert videoMP4, WebM and MOV, any directionMute videoRemove the sound, keep the picture

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